Skopje. Russia offered work to 10,000 workers from Macedonia who can work in the spheres of infrastructure and agriculture, Macedonian newspaper Dnevnik reads today.This is what Russia’s Ambassador to Skopje Agaron Asatur said in town of Kocani yesterday. He met with Mayor of Kocani Ljubomir Janev who informed him that the municipality is interested in finishing the construction of the gas pipeline in order to be able to use Russian natural gas. A site for the construction of gas station of Russian company Lukoil has been set in Kocani.

"Allegedly, Gazprom, together with Russian electric power giant RAO UES, is ready to buy Negotino thermal power plant, which is the spare capacity of electric power company of Macedonia, because it works on expensive fuel oil, and to turn it into a gas energy plant. According to unofficial sources, Gazprom has already registered a firm in Macedonia. The serious investment plans of this company are also confirmed by the Russian ambassador to Skopje, Agaron Asatur.There has also been investments announced in a gas pipeline network towards Negotino and Bitolj, the western part of Macedonia. By June, the construction of a gas plant in Skopje should have begun. This is a joint project by Russian Itera and Toplifikacija of Skopje, which is worth about 120 million euros"